Gas-radiator.



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Patented June 18, 1918 ll limsi.

ELNATI'IAN COLE, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIZFRNIA, ASSIGNDR TG ODILE MANUFACTURING- COMPANY, A CORPORATION-0F CALIFORNIA.

GAS-RADIATGR.

Application tiled. October 13, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LlilLNA'rHAN Conn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Gas-Radiator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the art of heating and ventilation.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a gas radiator of simple form and construction having certain new and useful features hereinafter pointed out.

In the art of heating, it is common practice to provide gas radiators which are placed in the room to be heated and which are supplied with a gas burner which is utilized to heat the air in the radiator. Such radiators are in general open to certain objections, among which may be mentioned the smothering of the fire when the radiator is first started, or, if the radiator is so arranged that it readily starts, the inefficiently of the radiator after it is in operation, and the cooling and condensation of the water vapors in the radiator in such a manner as to interfere with the draft.

- My invention is designed to overcome all of these difliculties, and in addition to have certain advantages which will be set forth hereinafter, or will be evident to one skilled in the heating art after an examination of the drawings and the following description.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a radiator embodying my invention,I the walls thereof being partly broken away to better illustrate the internal construction.

Fig. 2 is a section through the radiator, showing its internal construction.

In the form of the invention illustrated in these drawings, an outer shell 11 is provided, this shell being mounted on suitable legs 14 and having a suitable top 15 terminating in a screened opening 16. Located inside the shell 11, and equally spaced therefrom all around, is a heating box 21 in the bottom of which a gas burner 22 is placed. The burner 22 is supplied with a combustible mixture from a mixer 23, the supply of gas to which is controlled by a key 24. A pilot burner 25 controlled by a valve 26 may be supplied if desired. Extending longitudinally through the heating box 21 is a primary par- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented di une 12,1212..

Serial No. 196,521.

tition 31, this partition going to the extreme bottoni of the heating box 21 and extending from end to end, being tightly secured to the bottom and ends. An opening 32 is left between the top of the primary partition 3l and the top of the heating box 21. `The partition 31 consists of three main portions, a lower portion 33 which is substantially verw tical, an inclined portion 34 which extends overand above the burner 22, and a vertical portion 35.

Securedto the side of the heating box 21, slightly above the center thereof, is a second or deflecting partition 41. This partition secured to the side of the box and to either end, and covers a flue 42 which may be connected to a suitable chimney. A. small opening 43 is left between the lower end of the deflecting partition 41 and the inclined portion 34 of the partition 31. A series of holes 44 admit air to the bottom of the re box 21 around the burner 22. Small open- :lok

ings 45 admit auxiliary' air to the space dil rectly below the detlector 41.

rllhe method of operation of the invention is as follows:

The burner 22 being lighted, hot gases ascend through the space between the primary partition 31 at the side of the box, passing through the opening 32 and downwardly through the opening 43 into the space under the deflector 41 and outwardly through the flue 42. The inclined portion 34 of the partition 31 is considerably heated by the burner 22, and this heating sets up a secondary circulation through the holes 45 and through the flue 42, so that a slight vacuum is created through the opening 43, this vacuum tending to draw the products of combustion downwardly through the deflector 41 into the flue 42. The hot gases are, however, pocketed temporarily in the top of the heating box 2l, and during the time that they are in this box they are constantly in contact with the walls thereof which are considerably heated and which give up their heat to the air inside the shell 11 surrounding the box 21. rlhis air in the shell 11 is constantly drawn in from the bottom, passing upwardly through the shell 1l and outwardly through the screened opening 16. The cooling of the gases in the heating box 21 tends to partially condense the water vapor, which is, however, reheated and revaporized in passing l through the openingA along the inclined'portion34 o ffthe parti` tion 3l. By supplying the auxiliary circulationwthrough 'the openings-45,1A an fimmedi-A A ate draft is created throughthelneAZ as soon as the burner 22 is lighted. This draft is suiicient to start the main eirculatic'm-`4 through the openings 32 and 43, so that thisU mainmireulation fcanlbeirel'ativelylstagnant: By making the circulation` stagnant the products of combustion may be greatly lowered l,in ,teniperature .beforeibein passed util .a veryV 1g f l." A ,gas'.radi'ator, comprising- `an outer .i

s lfrelll openl atthe A:bottom and havingl arry outlet opening at fthe top, a heating. box Within said' "outer Ashell-@spaced 'apart therefrom. at

the v sides and-:"tp,y av vertically disposed par-4 ,l Y ggbo'xfon--theotherside ofvsaid partitiojn Jandextending,through thezouter. shell', saidheatifng boxhavingopenings in the-bottoriiithlereof on eachside of fthepartition,

a a ydeflectf'r plate'secured to the inner.A

vvjiillll'of saidfheatifngbox. above saidrflue out Wall vof the heatingbox and extending in Wardly and`downw'ardly beyond the Hue outlet, a partition.. in said -heatingboxwextendingfroni `the bottoni of the box to a pointnear the top ofthe saine and forminga passage between the upper end of the partition and .the topi of the heating box,

said-partition having a vertical portion be-v low the Hue outlet, ,an inclined Vportion below` and adjacent to the lower edge of said deHector plate and a vertical portion above i? the inclinedpAor-tion, and a burner in said heating box runder the inclined portion of the partition, said heating box lhaving openings in the bottonrthereof on each side of the partition.

In testinionywvhereof, I have hereunto set myhalndat-Los Angeles, California, this 29th. ,day of September, 1917.

. ELNATHAN COLE Qope'slof v,this patent. may be obtained :for Kfive cents each;.by-addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' l Washington, D. C. 

